Intro

Introdução

Intro

Ei, acho que tá na hora de darmos um sinalAyyo, I think it's time we give them a sign
Vamos voltar a setenta e nove, quando o hip-hop brilhavaTake it back to seventy-nine when hip-hop would shine
Nos bons tempos e a quebrada se sentia bemOf a good times and the hood felt fine
Quero dizer, viemos de festas com barris, pra Bally's e dreads afrocentradosI mean, we came from pro kegs, to Bally's to afrocentric dreads
De cabeças desgrenhadas, pra agora sermos perseguidos pelos fedsFrom nappy heads, to now we being prawled by the feds
De cortes baixos, a carecas e trançasFrom low-top fades, to baldheads to braids
Com doo rags e bonés viradosTo doo rags with tilted hats
E caras carregando lâminas na bocaAnd cats carrying razor blades inside their mouth
Antes de ficarmos loucos e irmos pro sul sujoBefore we was gettin crunk and going dirty dirty south
Sabe do que tô falando? Era tudo sobre o que um mano soltava da bocaKnow what I'm sayin, It was all about what a nigga would spit from his mouth
Quanto peso numa rimaHow much weight to a hole
Na época em que os Cold Crush Brothers eram frescos, estilosos, ousadosBack when the Cold Crush Brothers was fresh, fly, wild and bold
Kool Moe Dee contra Busy Bee, Force MC's e os Fantastic FreaksKool Moe Dee versus Busy Bee, Force MC's and the Fantastic Freaks
Mc Spoony G, nas rodas de aço Grandmaster DMc Spoony G, on the wheels of steel Grandmaster D
Ou Flash e DST, acendendo seu estilo selvagemOr Flash and DST, sparking their wild style
Com aquele spinback que fazia os outros piraremWith that spinback that made the other cats go wild
Deixa eu te contar, mano, vamos voltar a fitas de porce pra quatro faixasLet me tell you son, we goin back to porce tapes to four tracks
Quando sempre queríamos mais faixaswhen we always wanted more tracks
Do SP-1200 com dois ponto cinco segundos por amostraFrom the SP-1200 with two point five seconds per sampling pack
Era tudo que tínhamos, mas os manos estavam felizesThat was all we had but niggaz was glad
Eles podiam repetir a batida, então talvez pudessem conquistar a ruaThey could loop the beat, so maybe they could scoop the street
Isso é de quando Marley Marl lançou a "Sinfonia"This is back when Marley Marl first dropped the "Symphony"
A era dos MCs de oitenta e seis, quando Rakim aterrorizou todos os MCs ruinsThe eighty-six MC era, when Rakim struck all y'all crap MC's with terror
E Kool G Rap e Kane trocavam faixas pra ver quem era melhorAnd Kool G Rap and Kane flipped track to argue who was better
E sim, alguns diziam que era KRS do BronxAnd yes, some would stress it was KRS from the Bronx
E ele provou que MC Shan de Queens não era nadaAnd he proved that MC Shan from Queens was no conte
Então pulamos pros anos noventa, quando a coisa ficou pesadaThen we flash to the nineties, when shit got all grimey
E todo mundo dizia que era thug, gangsta ou criminosoAnd everybody was claimin they was thug, gansta or crimey
Quando o WTC apareceu na cenaWhen WTC just appeared on the scene
Essa foi a primeira vez que todo mundo começou a fazer grana de verdadeThis was the first time when everybody start to make some real cream
E os manos de Nova York andavam com dentes de ouroAnd New York niggaz walked around with fronts in their teeth
A próxima coisa que você sabe, costa leste e costa oeste entraram em conflitoThe next thing you know, east coast and west coast caught beef
E ninguém sabia até onde isso iriaAnd noone knew how far it would go
Até perdermos dois grandes soldados e agora valorizamos suas almas'Till we lost two great soldiers and now we cherish their souls
Dois heróis, a indústria do hip-hop agora reduzida a números de uns e zerosTwo heroes, hip-hop industry now resorted down to numbers of ones and zeroes
De mono pra estéreo, de analógico pra digitalFrom mono to stereo, from analog to digital
Agora a vida do hip-hop tá em suporte críticoNow hip-hop life support's stuck on critical
Vamos voltar antes da MTV e BETLet's take it back before MTV and BET
Antes dos comerciais da KFC, ATT e Mickey D'sBefore the commercials by KFC, ATT and Mickey D's
Antes de todos vocês gangstas e G's, cafetões e prostitutasBefore all you gangstas and G's, pimps and hoes
Vamos voltar aos flows originaisLet's take it back to the original flows
De um MC, seu DJ, o microfone e o showOf an MC, his DJ, the mic and the show
A multidão gritando HooooThe crowd yelling Hoooo
E assim seguimos nosso caminhoAnd off on the way we go
Vamos sair da matrixLet's take it out of the matrix
Ei Tech, yo Sway, vamos voltar ao básicoAyyo Tech, yo Sway, let's get back to the basics